Four hours later, the chaos finally ended. The giant tree left the forest and ran towards a different direction, disappearing into the depths of Bronze Cauldron Mountain.
"Sigh!
What a pity, a ten-thousand-year-old spirit fruit. "Shyflower didn't care about her torn dress and sighed.
"Come, let's go back. There are other fruits in that forest. Many experts died trying to pick them because they were protected by a demon spirit. Now that it's gone, it might have left behind some precious fruits." Feng Feiyun suggested.
Although the forest was terrifying, the spirit fruits hanging on the trees were still very tempting.
"Even top experts would be tempted by these fruits but they couldn't pick them and died instead. If we can just get one … Oh god!
We'll be rich! "
When the second leader thought of this, he was the first to fly over. His speed was even faster than when he was running for his life.
Little Demoness' eyelashes fluttered as she blinked twice. She sat on Whitey's back and quickly ran over. Her speed wasn't any slower than Second Boss.
The few of them knew that this was a great opportunity. These spirit fruits grew in the forest, and because they grew next to the "Forbidden Demon Spirit", no one could pick them. Even in ancient times, there were people who tried to pick them, but they were all killed by the Forbidden Demon Spirit, leaving behind a large amount of white bones.
There were only a few of these fruits but each one was extremely precious. Even if they weren't ten thousand years old, they wouldn't be too far off. Any one of them could increase one's cultivation by a lot.
Even Ye Siwan didn't care about her image and went all out like a meteor. She knew that this was a great fortune that couldn't be guarded against. Even Enlightened Beings couldn't come across one, but she had to grasp it.
Shyflower Thirteenth Lady was the last. She was strong, but she wasn't fast. She was far behind the rest of the group, and she kept cursing at the back of the group.
It was no wonder that she was so anxious. The people in front of her were all treacherous people who wouldn't get up without benefits. If they got here, they would definitely take all the spiritual fruits and leave nothing for her.
Feng Feiyun used his Swift Samsara to the max and was the first to reach the forest.
This part of the forest had been completely destroyed, and the ground was covered with wide cracks that were dozens of miles long.
The scene in front of them was extremely shocking. The roots of the Demon Spirit of the forbidden area had shattered the earth. Some turned into cliffs, some towering like mountain peaks, some turned into canyons, and some turned into abysses.
This was the destructive power of the Demon Spirit Forbidden Area. The terrain and the sky were all destroyed by it.
Feiyun glanced for a bit before jumping down a newly cracked cliff. He saw a broken spirit tree hanging upside down with a fist-sized milky-white fruit on it.
Because the roots of the Spirit Fruit Tree had been cut off by the Demon Spirit, it had completely lost its vitality. The Spirit Fruits on the tree had also started to lose their Spirit Qi.
"This is an eight-thousand-year-old Holy Cattail Fruit.
Feng Feiyun excitedly picked it and put it into a jade box before putting it into his spatial stone.
This was a spirit fruit that was very close to being 10,000 years old. Even Enlightened Beings would be tempted by it. You wouldn't be able to find a second one in the Jin Dynasty.
Feng Feiyun pondered for a bit before putting the other half of the tree into his spatial stone as well. A tree that could bear an 8,000 year old fruit must have extraordinary spirituality. It could be used to refine pills or cultivate.
However, Feng Feiyun couldn't find the root of the tree. It must have been destroyed by the demon spirit. This disappointed Feng Feiyun. If he could find the root, he might be able to grow the tree again. This was definitely a spirit tree that could gather energy for an immortal sect. After several thousand years, maybe it could bear a second Sacred Fruit.
The Sacred Fruit was one of the fruits eaten by saints. It took 10,000 years for the leaves to fall and germinate, 10,000 years for the flower, and 10,000 years for the fruit to ripen. Each tree only had one spirit fruit, so it would take 30,000 years for it to bear one.
The Sacred Fruit in Feng Feiyun's hand was 8,000 years old. Even though it wasn't ripe yet, it was still quite good.
If he waited another two thousand years for it to ripen, it wouldn't be much weaker than the previous one. It would have its own spirituality and could fly away on its own. Feng Feiyun couldn't pick it with his current cultivation.
Feng Feiyun was the first to arrive. He picked the most valuable spirit fruit and scanned it with his divine intent before going for the second one.
Second Boss and Little Demoness arrived as well. Ye Siwan also flew down like a meteor. Everyone was excited to find the spirit fruit.
"Haha!
I found a 5,000-year-old Spirit Vermillion Fruit, I'm rich, I'm rich … Ah, it's a pity that part of the flesh is damaged.
It's fine, it's fine, even Boss will be jealous if I take it back. "
The Second Leader tossed the huge rock that weighed more than eight hundred thousand kilograms away and found a damaged Spirit Fruit underneath. He was so excited that his entire body was trembling.
The spirit fruit was damaged but it still had a monstrous medicinal effect. At most, it had lost one or two layers. It was still a supreme treasure.
"A 4,000-year-old Black Dragon Fruit."
Little Demoness dug out a spirit fruit buried under a collapsed cliff. It had the shape of a dragon and was as thick as her arm. The dragon head and dragon scales had taken shape. The fruit had a bright luster and was slightly damaged. However, its body was still shining like a coiling dragon carved out of black jade.
Little Demoness' mouth was wide open like a rabbit stealing a carrot from the field. She quickly wiped the mud off the Black Dragon Fruit and hid it away, afraid that someone would see it.
Second Boss glanced at her from afar. Her expression became unnatural. She wiped her sleeve and calmly said: "My luck is bad, I didn't find anything."
After saying this, she rushed to another place to dig for treasures.
This place was originally the territory of the "Forbidden Demon Spirit". This "Forbidden Demon Spirit" might have been a tyrannical Tree Demon before it became a Demon Spirit. It grew here for countless years, allowing this forest to give birth to dozens of precious Spirit Fruit Trees, each of which was unique.
It was precisely because of the demon spirits guarding this place that there was no shortage of spirit fruits here. Even if a peerless Perfected Being came here and wanted to pick the spirit fruits, they would be killed by the demon spirits and turned into bones.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to produce so many rare spirit fruits. Moreover, they were all terrifyingly old.
Keep in mind that spirit grasses over 5,000 years old were extremely rare in the Jin Dynasty. The Grand Tutor's mansion only had a dozen of them after several hundred years. They were considered the most precious items by the Grand Tutor.
Spirit fruits were even rarer than spirit grasses. Spirit fruits that were more than a thousand years old were extremely difficult to find. After all, grasses could grow for several thousand years, but fruits that could grow for several hundred years were extremely rare. Not to mention a few thousand years, even a few dozen or a few hundred years old were pitiful.
The heretical sacred ground, Mount Potala, had a Lesser Immortal Spirit Tree. The Lesser Immortal Spirit Fruits on it ripened once every 3,000 years. Each time it ripened, it would bear three fruits. Each fruit was three thousand years old and was the most precious spirit fruit in the Jin Dynasty.
There were also two spirit trees in the imperial sacred ground. Both were two-thousand-year-old spirit trees that could only bear two-thousand-year-old spirit fruits. However, they were only second to the Immortal Spirit Fruit of Mount Potala. Every Jin Emperor was only qualified to take one to increase their cultivation when they ascended the throne.
However, the Spirit Fruits Feng Feiyun's group had found were all at least three thousand years old. If other cultivators knew that they had picked so many Spirit Fruits, it would definitely cause a huge uproar. Many old farts would come looking for them to ask for these Spirit Fruits to extend their lifespan.
Of course, many of these spirit fruits were damaged. Some were buried under soil and rocks. Some were less damaged, but some had been completely crushed. Their spirituality and medicinal properties had been lost.
At that time, the demon spirit was extremely furious. Many spiritual fruits were smashed by it, and some were directly crushed into powder by the chaotic airflow. Not even a seed was left behind. It was simply a reckless waste of natural resources.
Siwan was quite lucky. Not only did she find two damaged spirit fruits, one three thousand and one four thousand years old, but she also found a living tree. It was more than seven hundred meters tall with a thick trunk with flowing spirit energy. Even eight people wouldn't be able to surround it. The roots intertwined like dragons coiling around the tree, gathering a great amount of spirit energy.
Of course, this rare spirit fruit tree was also damaged, and a large number of its branches were chopped off.
"This is a four-thousand-year-old spirit tree, even more precious than the Lesser Spirit Immortal Tree on Mount Potala. If we can dig it up and bring it back to Sun Moon, it'll make the sect's spirit energy even more condensed. It'll become the sect's spirit root and eternal foundation."
Ye Siwan's figure flew around the tree like a painting. The lush foliage and spirit mist lingered around the tree, creating a picturesque scene.
Right at this moment, a long howl sounded from afar. An old man draped in a black robe flew through the air, riding a giant lizard at a low altitude. His body exuded a tyrannical aura, like a black sun descending from the sky. He exclaimed in surprise, "A spirit tree that can bear four thousand year old spirit fruits, this is a supreme spirit root, surpassing even Mount Potala's Little Spirit Immortal Tree."
This old man was an ancestor from one of the three realms, Dark Realm. His name was Ximen Sude. He heard the commotion earlier and felt that a treasure was about to appear, so he immediately came over. He didn't expect to see the spirit tree Siwan found, so he became quite excited.
Sude's old and sunken eyes lit up. He pointed forward with his walking stick and a black bolt of lightning struck down, injuring Siwan: "This spirit tree is mine."